Battle of Otlukbeli

Battle of Otlukbeli

17th century Turkish miniature depicting the battle
Date11 August 1473
Location
Otlukbeli, Erzincan, Turkey
39°58′25″N 40°01′20″E / 39.97361°N 40.02222°E / 39.97361; 40.02222
Result Ottoman victory[1]
Belligerents
Ottoman Empire Aq Qoyunlu
Qara Qoyunlu
Commanders and leaders
Mehmed the Conqueror
Şehzade Mustafa
Şehzade Bayezid[2]
Davud Pasha[3]
Gedik Ahmed Pasha[4]
Mahmud Pasha[5]
Çandarlı Ibrahim Pasha[6]		 Uzun Hasan
Ughurlu Muhammad
Zayn-al-Abidin Mirza †
Gâvur İshak
Pir Ahmad of Karaman
Mirza Mehmed Bakır
Pir Mehmed Bey (POW)
Strength
70,000–100,000[7]
or 85,000 (60,000 armored soldiers, 25,000 Janissaries)[8]		 70,000[7]–300,000[9]
or 200,000 (mostly cavalry)[10]
Casualties and losses
4,000[7] in total 55,000[11]

The Battle of Otlukbeli or Otluk Beli was fought between Aq Qoyunlu and the Ottoman Empire on August 11, 1473.

  1. ^ Somel, Selçuk Akşin, Historical dictionary of the Ottoman Empire, (Scarecrow Press Inc., 2003), xc.
  2. ^ Babinger, Franz (1992). Mehmed the Conqueror and His Time. Princeton University Press. p. 315. ISBN 978-0-691-01078-6. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
  3. ^ Har-El, Shai (1995). Struggle for domination in the Middle East: the Ottoman-Mamluk War, 1485–91. Brill. p. 149. ISBN 978-90-04-10180-7. Retrieved 6 October 2010.
  4. ^ "Gedik Ahmed Pasha".
  5. ^ "Mahmud Pasha".
  6. ^ "Çandarlı İbrahim Paşa".
  7. ^ a b c Erhan Afyoncu (1988–2016). "Otlukbelį Savaşı". TDV Encyclopedia of Islam (44+2 vols.) (in Turkish). Istanbul: Turkiye Diyanet Foundation, Centre for Islamic Studies.
  8. ^ Tansel, Selahattin. Osmanlı Kaynaklarına Göre Fatih Sultan Mehmed'in Askerî Faaliyetleri (PDF) (in Turkish). pp. 313–314.
  9. ^ Freely, John (2011). Büyük Türk. p. 140.
  10. ^ Babinger, Franz. Fatih Sultan Mehmed ve Zamanı. p. 483. ISBN 9786254493607.
  11. ^ TSK (1986). Battle of Otlukbeli (PDF). p. 118.